development,theport, departmentof public works, department of real estate, recreation and park department, the arts commission, and mta. if i can get the overhead, please, i'd like to first orient everyone as to the site. so, this patch of land you may be familiar with the intersection of 16th and seventh is the area of the future daggett park and its affiliated development. the new park will be located along the daggett street right-of-way which is currently an unimproved patch of land at the intersection of 16th and seventh as i said. this area here. through the in-kind agreement the new park will be built by archstone [speaker not understood]. the project includes approximately 470 units of rental housing accompanying floor retail and [speaker not understood] by the planning commission in july of 2011. so, the next overhead show is the project orientation. see the park in the middle along the public right-of-way and the development along the private parcels. the project is projected to owe the city $4.2 million in eastern neighborhoods infrastructure impact fees. archstone is seeking a

. that does not sound like they moving the ball forward. >>shepard: in public. >> a strike atmajorportsincalifornia could make it harder to find gifts this holiday season. we will have an update on negotiations. and iran military leaders say they captured a united states drone. again. but the united states says hang on, iran, so what is this thing the iranians are showing on iranian state tv? that is ahead. [ female announcer ] the humana walmart-preferred rx plan p-d-p gives you a low $18.50 monthly plan premium... and select generic hypertension drugs available for only a penny... so you can focus on what really matters. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur >>shepard: officials are denying claims that iran has captured another american drone. the denial is after iranian state television aired images of thi

of the strike shutting down thebiggestportsinthe country. think it doesn't affect you? all the holiday presents you ordered could be stuck out at sea, oh, no!. we'll explain it coming up. >>> egyptian president morsi forced to plea his palace after tens of thousands of protesters battle police outside. morsi's days could be numbed per. we'll talk about the impact here at home. even when they say it's not it is always about money melissa: look at the day's market headlines, wait and see is the name of the game on wall street. they watched the latest sparring over the fiscal cliff. stocks weighed between positive and negative territory. shares of netflix soaring more than 14% you wow! the company announced exclusive dib shun deal with disney. they will get first run streaming rights for disney films beginning in 2016. gold prices losing their shine. the commodity tumbled below $1700 a ounce hitting a one-month low. >> to our top story, no bias or bull. "money" will lay it out for you. all the talk about we can't fall off the fiscal cliff, we say why not? it may not be the worse option? m

andtheportcodethere is no requirement than an offense ever charged as a misdemeanor. it can be infraction indefinitely. that is not the case in the port and the parks code. the legislation contains broad and blanket exemptions for festivals and street fairs and parades unlike the park code and today because civic center is a park it is illegal to be nude in civic center plaza even during pride. the code doesn't contain any exemption for that. my legislation does. in addition this legislation has no application to beaches or to private property. the castro and san francisco in general is a place of freedom, expression and acceptance, but those things do not mean that anything goes under any circumstance. freedom, expreagz and acceptance don't mean we don't have any standards of behavior whatsoever. this means people can't do whatever pops into their head no matter the impact on other s and the neighborhood. as a result i introduced this legislation to have a narrower ban on the streets and parks and park lets and this is for everyone and have minimum standards of behavior so everyone

bullish going forward. back to you. melissa: thank you. a strikeout the nationsbusiestportcomplex.costing the nation a billion dollars a day. the port of long beach director joins us just ahead. lori: let's see how the dollar is trading. it is a weaker dollar with big euro pushing up to 130. the dollar weaker, really, across the board. we will be back with more after this. ♪ twins. i didn't see them coming. i hai need to rethink the oblco of my portfolio.atio. what i reallneed is sleep. introducing the ishares core, buildi blocks for the hearof your portfoli find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors chse ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. he's going to apply testosterone to his underarm. axiron, e only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone levels back to normal in most men. axiron is nofor use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfet

portcomplex.they set up picket lines at long beach one week ago today. dockworkers are refusing to cross those picket lines and that means ships are sitting outside the port and that means shortages in retail stores through the holiday season. >>> they will discuss a plan to shoot at birds at runways. it will allow trained employees to shoot blank or bird shot to disburse flocks of birds. more than 180 air collisions have happened. >>> and united airlines pays a bonus each month which tops on time goals. all domestic flights were workinged out on november 18th. >>> the state of california says it has about $14 million in tax refunds but no addresses to send them it to. they are looking to see if you have anyone claimed money just go to our website www.ktvu.com. >>> and a new legislative section begins, democrats are beginning their super majority. >> democrats now have a two- thirds majority in both the assembly and majority and that means they can pass it without any republican votes. >> some would call us the super minority and that puts us on the sidelines. >> this historic

on the table betweentheportofoakland and 81 workers and will vote on the contract this wednesday. this agreement comes just as oakland is getting extra business because of a port strike in long beach and los angeles. clerical workers there are in their seventh day of a strike. dock workers honoring the pickets lines and shifts are stalled or diverted to other ports such as oakland. >> coming up next. baby announcement heard around the world. prince william and his wife kate are expecting. but kate is in the hospital. why it can't be called just morning sicknesses either. >> northern california magician set on fire on television. ways it a prank or something else? >> as you have heard here rain on the way again. 7 news has leif look at doppler [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. everything has t

services. >>> president obama is closely monitoring a week-long strike at two southerncaliforniaports. 800members of the clerical union who work at the ports of los angeles and long beach had been working without a contract for more than two years. the clerks don't handle cargo but dock workers are refusing to cross picket lines forcing a shutdown of most terminals. experts estimate the strike is costing the u.s. up to $1 billion a day. and it could delay shipments of holiday gift merchandise. >>> there's a tentative contract agreement between port of oakland and union workers. two weeks ago, more than 500 members of seiu local 1021 went on strike. they had been at the bargaining table for 16 months. details of the agreement will be released when the contract is voted on tomorrow. >>> president obama will host a group of governors today to talk about the "fiscal cliff" after he rejected a counterproposal from congressional republicans. that plan promised to trim $2.2 trillion over the next 10 years and cuts from entitlements and billions in new tax revenues only from tax reform. and

on a week lon strike at two southerncaliforniaports. 800membersattheportoflos angeles and long beach have been working without a contract for two years. the clerks don't handle cargo but dock workers are refusing to cross picket lines forcing a shutdown of those terminals. the strike is costing the u.s. up to $1 billion a day and it could delay shipments of holiday gift merchandise. >>> president obama will host a group of governors today to talk about the upcoming "fiscal cliff." this is after they rejected a count proposal from congressional republicans. that plan promises to trim $2.2 trillion over 10 years and includes $900 billion in entitlement cuts, two-thirds of that from healthcare. it also offers $800 billion in new tax revenues but only if the money comes from tax reform and not from raising rates on the wealthy. and that's where the stalemate is stuck. >>> rates have to rise and republicans need to acknowledge that. that's the only way to get from here to there. >> the white house says the plans fails the balance test. tax hikes and spending cuts will automatically kick i

of thebusiestportsinthe country now. a line of ships stacked with stuff, stuff that can't get on shore into, trucks and off to your store. it's a strike. and it's costing the united states billions. what's it all about? that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. at chevy's year-end event, we have 11 vehicles that offer an epa-estimated 30 mpg highway or better. yeah? hey. hey. where's your suit? oh, it's casual friday. oh. [ male announcer ] chevy's giving more. now get a 2013 malibu ls for around $199 pe

busiest seaports.theportsoflos angeles and long beach shut down after a few dozen clerical workers walked off the job and dock workers refused to cross their picket line. bill whitaker has the latest. >> reporter: 11 huge cargo ships are stuck offshore, piled high with containers of food, toys, lumber. 14 others sit untouched at the docks. >> if you guys could start handing the fliers out. >> reporter: transporters, wholesalers and retailers are growing angst. ingrid lazcano, owner of andean dream, imports quinoa, popular right now in the u.s. her last shipment was diverted to mexico, another was diverted to chile. >> we have about $400,000 worth of merchandise at stake and our factory workers in bolivia can't make new merchandise until we figure out how we're going to handle the problem with getting these two containers in. >> reporter: fred johring owns golden state express trucking. his lot, usually empty, is filled with 20 parked trucks. each usually earns $500 to $600 a day at the ports. everyday you're losing how much? >> at least $4,000. >> reporter: a day? >> per day. >> re

load or unload cargo at any oftheports, l.a.or long beach. adam houseley's there live. what's the latest there, any movement in. >> reporter: not much movement at all. a few ships are getting through. the quote given to me this morning was they're trickling in. i'll step away, you can see to the port complex. l.a./long beach, the twin bolters. 40% of all cargo traffic in the country comes through here, the largest port complex in the country. you put the two together, you separate 'em out, and they're one and two. cargo ships just sitting there waiting to be unloaded. we know of at least 11 ships that have gone to other ports because this port has been shut down for a week. as far away as panama. nothing's getting through here, as i mentioned, one port employee said stuff is just trickling through. bill: what are the two sides saying, adam? what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, both sides, of course, blame the other side. the clerical workers are the ones that have gone on strike here. there's about 800 of them. they say that when they retire, those jobs are being moved o

settlementbetweenportofoakland and union as oakland is getting extra business because ofaportstrikein long beach and los angeles. clerical workers on their eighth day of a strike. poverty workers in oakland set to vote on the proposed deal tomorrow. details not being released. the port and union workers have been bargaining for 16 months. >>> former commander of a contra costa narcotics task force is expected to plead guilty to drug charges. he will admit to five federal counts, conspiracy to sell marijuana and meth, theft, robbery and civil rights violations. he was caught in a federal sting operation in february of last year with the guilty plea he faces minimum of 10 years. >>> san francisco's supervisors are set to take a final vote this afternoon to amend the building code to reduce square footage requirement for residental units the microapartments would be 220 square feet, the measure initially passed after supervisor weiner it would be for new construction only. he also agreed to captain initial round of building permits at 375 microapartments. rents are expected to go for

as to reconfigure the streets in that area andtheportofsan francisco is also working to rebuild the quint street lead track. that facility oh facilitate -- facilitates a lot of their activities. there are a number of different plans ongoing and this project will need to be compatible with those. give you an update on what we have done since we came to the board for appropriation back in march. that work has included really looking doing some additional due diligence and looking at the design the cal trains developed and coast estimates. to review, we had designs proposed two of which really are the one that's would meet our needs in terms of local access and facilitating that station. one of those is a wider bridge option that would allow existing quint street to continue under the tracks while allowing platforms on top. that bridge exceed significantly in the amount of funding that we have available. the other remaining option is a berm option that would essentially extend the railing across quint street closing the existing quint street but facilitating a future station. that would cost about

portsinsouthern california are refusing to cross the picket line and set up by clerical workers. today, both sides have reached an agreement of sorts. they agree they need a federal mediator. i want to bring in miguel marquez in long beach. what's the deal? what's the hang-up here? >> reporter: well, the hang-up is over language regarding outsourcing of jobs. only talking about 800 jobs in total, and a small fraction of those are their clerical workers at the port that are striking. one of the people who is a -- represents the labor union said they were miles away a few days ago. now about a yard away. the mayor of los angeles has been up all night, he got in from an overseas trip in l.a.x. up the way here. he came here last night about midnight and he's been up with the negotiators all night trying to get them to this point today. here is how he described how those negotiations are going. >> i can just tell you as a general proposition that there is too wide of a chasm between the parties now, though the good news is they have agreed to federal mediation, they had not agreed -- agreed

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. -- settling a labor dispute. the workersthatporthavebeen without a contract for 16 month. they held a strike last month to protest. the contract will be voted on on wednesday. >>> strike that crippled the port of los angeles long beach is now in its 7th day. they have been working without a contract for 7-1/2 years. the walk out shut down 10-14 terminals, leaving ships stranded off shore unable to load or unload. the main issue is attrition and the loss of jobs. >>> santa's elves got extra muscles from star players on the 49ers. >> randy moss. >> how about that? randy moss and other players all appeared at the target store in san jose. the players teamed up with low income children and helped them go on a christmas shopping spree. they provide housing housing and other help for needy families. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin has been fending off the question, when is the next rain storm coming? >> it is nothing like what we saw. that is what people are thinking. the last run of storms were a big deal, like 1982, 1988. that series of storms with the final storm. what we have

a billion dollars a day to the local economy. thetwoportsl.a.and long beach support 1.2 million southern california jobs. and they are the main gateway in the trade with asia in the weeks before christmas. they handle 47% of the container exports. >> reporter: if you split the ports apart. the la-long beach ports, they would be 1 and 2. together they are the largest. this has been going on for one week. 800 clerical workers walked on the line. 10,000 longshoremen won't cross that line. this port is 90% shut down. if you look behind me in the haze and fog you will see some container ships in port. just after shore you will see one of the many, up to 20 we are told that are just sitting out there. some of them have produce that could be spoiling as we speak. that can't get in here and it can't go out. so exports haved as well. you will see trucks lined up. the mayor says both sides have agreed to a federal mediator. he spoke to the media in the last hour. take a listen. >> we met all night. we have worked across the table with a number of proposals. it is still clear to me that we are some

attheportoflos angeles long beach. talks went nowhere over the weekend. mayor antonio villaraigosa wants around the clock bargaining with the help of a mediator. >>> the city counsel will discuss a plan to sell a parcel of land to a developer. the parcel is under contract for almost $9 million. the buyer intends oo build 3 -- to build 350 high end apartments there. it has come under criticism by residents who say the deal was done without enough input from the public. >>> the trust act aims to limit the ability of california law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws. governor jerry brown vetoed the bill in september. >> we must make sure secure communities focuses on violent criminals, not on day labor workers. not on women who are victims of domestic violence. >>> a gay teen who spoke out after being denied his eagle scout award was honored today in sacramento. he invited him and his family to the opening legislative session. he was kicked out of the scouts, prompting a nationwide campaign. >>> the national park service repainted graffiti which is a first. the tower w

was a refuge for sailors, rumor has it it remains a old haunt,finalportofcall for tormented souls. >> a lot of people have been experiencing paranormal activity in this building, security officer, staff. >> you think it's a shadow but after a while you think that wasn't a shadow. >> reporter: donald patrolled here as a security officer more than a decade. do you believe this staff? >> yeah, i believe almost anything they tell me. >> reporter: anywhere that you wouldn't go by yourself when it's dark? >> the major's house. >> reporter: which is where i find myself as night falls. going to the matron's house, where it's been documentsed that a murder actually took place. remember that sound we heard? we head to the attic to explore. >> hello? is there anybody up here? >> what we'll usually do is leave one person up here. do you want to do it? >> reporter: i'll do it. should i say some last words to my camera? if that weren't spooky enough, time has never ticked so slowly in all my life. it took me the first few minutes just to muster this. >> is there anyone in here? >> reporter: i'm mentally

. more than 10,000 employees attheportsoflos angeles and long beach are refusing to return to work. a similar situation back in 2002 cost the city an estimated one billion dollars a day and took supply chain more than six months to recover, affecting nearly everybody. there is concern this strike may have even greater impact considering the fragile state of the economy in our country. adam housley is live at the port in long beach. adam, what is the latest there? >> reporter: jenna both sides are actually meeting at the table right now as we speak, the mayor of los angeles, other political forces are here as well trying to push both sides forward to find a settlement if at all possible. 800 workers, clerical workers walked off the job here. because of that 10,000 longshoremen won't cross. we talked to both sides. clerical workers say they're upset for a number of reasons. their main contention once they retire their shock jobs are shipped overseas. they don't want the jobs outsourced. they walked out on the lines here. >> we are making progress but i will tell you we are committed

andportofoakland.portworkerswithout a contract for nearly a year and a half now. details will be released on wednesday. we will of course pass them along. >>> let's go back to the weather coverage now. napa creek often overflows causing major flooding problems when it rinse like this weekend although not this time. perhaps not any more either thanks to the city flood protection plan. of wayne has the story. >>reporter: when high water come to napa people know the drill. >> flood warning come we pray a little bit. drill take everything out of the basement. everything off the bottom shelves. >>reporter: so what is wrong with this picture. sand bag or the need for them? >> well we would probably be standing in mud and big mess. >>reporter: as the water rose in napa last weekend plenty of residents expected another scene like 2005. when napa creek overflowed its banks. this time it didn't. thanks mostly to 35 million dollar federally funded bipass project by the army corps of engineers. >> design worked as intended. >>reporter: project simple and condition septembe

of federal mitigation to end the weeklongportstrikein los angeles and long beach. they are striking at ten of the 14 terminals at the nation's busiest port complex. apple nearly doubling itunes gee geographical reach with plans to expand into 56 additional companies as apple faces stiff competition from microsoft and google. warren likely to join the banking committee next year, a well-known critic of the banks calling for regulation and limited risk. carl icon abandoning the bid for oshkosh corporation after just 2 # 2% of the company shares were tended. he sought 25% of the shares in the offer, and that's today's speed read. all right. liz: doesn't usually back out of things. david: he doesn't, but he did. low water levels, threatening to bring the busiest waterway in the u.s. to a screeching halt placing companies that ship grains and other goods at a loss of millions of dollars. liz: jeff is live from the mississippi river to show us the unbelievable situation there. jeff? >> you are looking at stuff, liz, and dave, that you have not seen, rocks not seen in decades. they call th

: no intervention by the white houseasportsinl.a. and long beach shut. dennis: the mighty mississippi, jeff flock on the river. >> dennis, they want intervention from the white house on this. look at the mississippi. we are live on the mississippi. dangerously low water levels. can washington help? we'll answer the question when we come back. stand by. ♪ twins. i didn't e them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, b obligatio. i need to rethink the core of portfio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the het of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishararesor a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully fore investing risk includes possible loss of principal. >> 23 minutes past the hour, i'm heather nauert with the fox news minute. protesters breakthrough police lines, and protest near the presidential palace in cairo. sources telling us that president morsi left the palace fol

't unload because there's a labor strike going on attheportsoflos angeles and long beach and that strike has been going on eight days. joining us is miguel marquez. this thing is costing the u.s. economy about $1 billion. is wr? >> reporter: well, what's wrong the clerical union, folks striking there behind me, blocked several terminals here at ports of los angeles and long beach. it is a massive operation here nearly ahalf trillion in goods come through every year, it's huge. 40 ship affected. several and berthed here. several turned away. others awaiting in the ocean. we understand there is a press conference with the mayor, dramatic negotiations finally going on on this. they hadn't been talking for some type. mayor villaraigosa coming in from overseas trip last night, 10:30, 11:00 pacific time, went straight to negotiations not far from here. he's been there all night long on their backs and he's doing a press conference in 25 minutes or so. that probably means there is a deal at hand. >> a billion dollars a day, i hope they're bringing out all of the stops at this point. if you're o

to the hospital and that person is in critical condition.>>portofoakland continues to get extra business today. the strike is creating losses estimated at $1 billion. clerical workers began the strike on tuesday in a contract battle. dock workers honoring picket lines managing to shut down most of the terminal autos california swril to keep waiting for the supreme court decision on same-sex marriage. >> this voter approved ban, the court put the case on the agenda for friday. east bay declined to review the decision leaving a lower court's decision intact, legalizing gay marriage in california. the court could decide to take up the legal controversy with a ruling expected by the end of june. >> a lot more to bring you tonight. still ahead at 4:00 is the iphone 5 proving to be a success for apple? may be bigger than first thought. >> prince women yim's life rushed to the hospital. >> and taking a look at live doppler p hd radar. clear now, but more showers heading our way. radar has been busy last 24 hours or so. spencer will let us know when the rain is coming in the accu-weather forecast. >>

. >> doing a great job, too, vicky >> adrian pawn, monique hawn,ourport, iknow karen hong is our county clerk, she's joining us as well and the host of women on our commissions and our directors of our various nonprofits, thank you for all joining us and being a part of us as well.that our other elect officials who are here today including our diega skoepb is here as well, other elected officials, i know we have an official from the justice department, thank you for being here and other elected officials join me in acknowledging. i know diego gascon has another reason for being here. brenda yee, chinese hospital, we just broke ground on chinese hospital, thank you for your leadership and all the health field. christine bronstein, band of wives, thank you for your wonderful leadership, wonderful acknowledgement today. delloyd, our corporate partner, a hundred years in san francisco, thank you for your wonderful leadership. esther solar, where would we be without you? thank you. futures without violence, thank you very much, esther. fabiola kronsky, thank you for your work on univision,

, it has an impact anyone who rides the rails for uses projects come fromourport. i'mgoing to be working with this committee to rebuild transportation infrastructure to make it stronger and more resilient. in at least two cases, damaged the superfund sites. the potential releases of toxic pollution into the environment. they cannot do a thorough investigation of the storms in fact on sites throughout the region. today i'm introducing a superfund emergency response act which requires epa to perform an assessment of superfund site following any natural disaster and allows congress to appropriate emergency funding to remediate any damage. the bill will require epa to better protect on-site that are vulnerable to disaster. we've got to remember the super storm sandy in this changing climate are reluctant to your, to look at the changes in global temperature is very difficult to understand. the intensity, chairman more and more common by the opportunity in this community to make sure the northeast recovers every build just that way. all of them have taken an interest here, glad to share what

than 10 years. >>>theportofoakland and union workers have reached a tentative contract agreement. two weeks ago more than 500 members of sciu local 1021 went on strike. both sides had been bargaining at the table for 60 months. details of the agreement will be released from the contract when it is voted on wednesday. >>> the highway patrolman is recovering after flipping his cruiser on 580 during the overnight chase. it happened near the road around 3:30 a.m. and the trooper swerved to avoid a big rig and hit an embankment rolling his patrol car. he wasn't seriously hurt. the suspect he was chasing was caught and arrested. >>> the weekend shooting of a young man brings san jose's murder rate to a 20-year high. police say 17-year-old daniel cappatillo died on friday night. the victim of the suspected gang killing, which marks san jose's 43rd murder of 2012. the last time the city had that many killings was in 1997. >>> closing in on the fiscal cliff, the latest offer and rejection in washington. strange new clues about the whereabouts of a missing millionaire from silicone valley.

with the full impact. i remind you, this is a city. we're between 80 and 90% of all residents and nottheporttobuy or represent in the city. this is a city-wide concern and it is an area concern. i haven't heard this addressed. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, tim colin on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition and on behalf of our 70 something members. this project was presented to us earlier in the year and to make its a brief as possible, we loved it. it's right in our sweet spot. the urbanism, fantastic, on-site affordable housing. enormous amount of bicycle parking. it is a strong and welcome addition to this evolving neighborhood. i think the benefits of this project are so obvious and so overwhelming i'm not sure exactly why i'm here except i fear physical violence from bob if i don't express these views. [laughter] >>> i don't think you should hesitate a second before approving this project. it's wonderful. >>> good afternoon, commissioners, danny campbell with the sheet workers local 104. and i echo that gentleman. this is going to be a great benefit to the community

. >>> checking other bay area headlines now on this tuesday,theportofoakland and union workers have reached a tentative contract agreement. two weeks ago more than 500 members of the seiu local 1021 went on strike. both sides have been at the bargaining table for 16 months. details of the agreement will be released when the contract is voted on tomorrow. >>> the contra costa county fire protection district will hold a special meeting to consider a cost-cutting service reduction plan. among the actions being considered the closure of some fire stations. the district had to cut back after measure q failed to get a two-thirds majority in the election last month call for a parcel tax to fund fire services. >>> capitol hill lawmakers now have just four weeks to agree on a budget solution and judging from the rhetoric on both sides, they are getting nowhere. here's susan mcginnis with more on today's scheduled talks and the latest proposal from republicans. >>> reporter: governors from six states are headed here to washington today to tell president obama their thoughts on the "fiscal cliff." the

withtheportofsan francisco and we would very much like to have the licensure be commensurate with that time period because as you know companies who invest like we do millions of dollars in an acre in our case that is actually not ours need to have some reliance on our ability to continue to operate within the strictures of our lease for the period of time of our lease. thank you very, very much. >> thank you. is there anyone else from the public that would like to speak? >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is dan dote, i'm a bay view resident, home owner, business owner, and director of the bay view office of community planning which is a community-based land use entity. we are not city funded. i'm in full support by the effort of supervisor cohen in introducing this legislation on behalf of our district. we believe the legislation will potentially reduce the overall pool of debris collectors by requiring a consistent licensing and regulatory structure. it also may reduce the incidence of illegal dumping which adds significantly to the blight in district 10, throughout district 10.

. little girl is okay. >> butfirstportworkersstriking in los angeles and long beach california for 7 days in a row, costing the economy a billion bucks a day, some cool gadgets have you been wanting for christmas they may not make it off of the ships in time. on whether the unions might be going overboard. what is going on here? and what do you see happening? >> i don't know what is going on with unions over the holidays, but i tell you after thanksgiving, and bakers union killed the twinkie. and snarled traffic at lax the day before thanksgiving, now uscw on walmart, now, that was thanksgiving, now this christmas you have the longshoremen's union, thaclerical workers going on strike, and shuts down two of the busiestports in the country. neil: there are many beefs they have. but to bring people up to speed, is that among their beefs is this issue of replacing worker loss go terp nate or -- terminate or retired. that is common practice where your colleague goes you pick up their work as you know. for example i am doing work of 17 anchors myself. but in all -- >> you always do a fanta

'sbusiestportsincea 10 day lockout by longshoremen in 2002. and this one is taking place after the busy pre-holiday shipping season. major retailers unexpected, but asking president obama for intervene. and it seems justin bieber may not know his banking history. the teen idol was asked to lead a ping-pong tournament and asked why does he get the room and not us, suggesting the pop star's unaware that jpmorgan actually deceased some time ago, a jpmorgan apologized for the confusion saying bieber is welcome to play ping-pong with us anytime. any way, on to japan. to japan now. qualcomm will be taking a stake in sharp. the story for us from tokyo. >> the deal will see the two uses sharp technology. sharp will receive $61 million from qualcomm by the end of this year which wou year, but the chip maker will also make additional investment the in the future if the partnership turns out to be successful p. the nikkei reporting the total amount of investment would be around $22 million which would give qualcomm a roughly 5% stake in sharp. sharp likely to post its second consecutive net loss f

this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. >>> the west coast'slargestportcomplexstands at a stand still tonight as workers picket. the strike is costing up to $1 billion a day. cargo ships sit idle, unable to unload. dock workers have refused to cross their picket lines. >>> the suspense continues tonight for those waiting to see whether the u.s. supreme court will take up california's proposition 8, that's the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. the justices could have announced today they were not going to take up the issue, but they didn't address the case. now the wait continues until friday. the justices are being asked to reveal an appeal's court decision, overturning prop 8. if the court declines to review the case, gay and lesbian couples will have the right to legally marry in california. >>> the royal family confirmed the pregnancy today. it's been 18 months since william and kate exchanged marriage vows. the palace hasn't given a due date. officials would only say she is not yet through her first trimester. the duchess was briefly hospitalized, but has since been r

'slargestportcomplexstands at a stand still tonight as workers picket. the strike is costing up to $1 billion a day. cargo ships sit idle, unable to unload. dock workers have refused to cross their picket lines. >>> the suspense continues tonight for those waiting to see whether the u.s. supreme court will take up california's proposition 8, that's the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. the justices could have announced today they were not going to take up the issue, but they didn't address the case. now the wait continues until friday. the justices are being asked to reveal an appeal's court decision, overturning prop 8. if the court declines to review the case, gay and lesbian couples will have the right to legally marry in california. >>> the royal family confirmed the pregnancy today. it's been 18 months since william and kate exchanged marriage vows. the palace hasn't given a due date. officials would only say she is not yet through her first trimester. the duchess was briefly hospitalized, but has since been released. >>> mitt romney has announced plans to return to his ol

. >>> and there's a tentative contract deal now withtheportof oakland. the deal is for the union that went on strike last month. ratification expected tomorrow. >>> traffic and weather coming up right after the break. stay right there. what's that? when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> good morning. metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. we are seeing stop and go conditions backed up to the maze. elsewhere, once you get past this trouble, you have troubles on the upper deck. we have a stalled vehicle stuck in lanes at treasure island into san francisco. also eastbound 80 in gilman an accident in lanes westbound slow anyway along the eastshore freeway out of richmond. and highway 1 at 35 an accident on the northbound side of highway 1 and it is blocking lanes. that's a look at your morning dr

with a roadmap. >> the 94-port intelligence memo known as the c.i.a. talking points was reviewed by two dozen officials in 24-hour period before ambassador rice used them as the basis for the controversial sunday show appearances where she wrongly blamed the consulate attack on anti-islam video. >> they were dumbed down to the point that they were, we should have said nothing versus what they were trying to tell the american people. taking al-qaeda references out of the talking points was an injustice to what happened. >> the substantive changes including the decision to pull references to al-qaeda were made by the u.s. intelligence community specifically the c.i.a. citing the need to protect sources and meths there. may have been legitimate reasons they find this puzzling. >> any attack happen against any american interest around the world, the first thing comes to even's mind is maybe al-qaeda. >> they are seeking e-mail traffic to independently assess how the talking points changed and whether it was driven by political considerations. fox news is told it took a week to ten days for intell

luke's hospital just outside thecapitalport-au-prince, thisdoctor says since hurricane sandy admissions have doubled from 20 to 40 patients each day. >> most of the new cases are coming from further up the hill in places where we had not seen them before. i'm not positive but perhaps the wells there have been contaminated. >> reporter: experts believe cholera was brought here by u.n. peacekeepers. untreated sewage from this base flowed into a tributary of the river, the major source of water for both washing and drinking. cholera is spread by fecal-oral contact. two years on 200,000 patients have been sickened, 750 d 7,500 have died from diarrhea and fluid loss. each flood brings more contaminated water, more cases. the epidemic prompted massive relief efforts and public campaigns. on the streets and in classrooms promoting hygiene and sanitation. fatalities have dropped from 10% of cases early on to about 1%. still, 600 people have died from cholera this year. many in remote areas even those unaffected by floods. there's now plenty of awareness of cholera in haiti. the bigge

pandora the internet music company will release their quarterly results to date. also watchingtheportoflos angeles strike. pork are shut down in l.a. and long beach. the loan choreman are not crossing the picket line. it is in its second week in six days. this strike down in southern california is costing the local economy $1 billion. a day. >> thank you mark. 5:09 a.m. is a time. california's push to go green could cost state power customers. the reporter little hoover commission shows that energy companies are well on their way to meeting their goals to obtain a third of their electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2020. but it also found california has adopted several policy and this is, of being implemented simultaneously, without a full accounting of the consequences. the report concludes californians may wind up paying more than necessary for electricity and the state may unnecessarily the great pristine habitat in its rush to implement its renewable energy goes. >> apple and samsung are back in court. their legal battle over smart phones and tablas resu

and hanukkah is over. you have to start shopping for the next day. that will be constrained because oftheportstrike.>>> when we come back, house majority whip kevin mccarthy did sign this offer from the gop. can he convince the white house to back the republican solution to the fiscal cliff? one more look at futures on a tuesday morning as melissa said. not a lot of data today. just wait until the next three days. it all starts with adp, jobs coming up later this week. more "squawk on the street" back in a minute. bob, these projections... they're... optimistic. productivity up, costs down, time to market reduced... those are good things. upstairs, they will see fantasy. not fantasy... logistics. ups came in, analyzed our supply chain, inventory systems... ups? ups. not fantasy? who would have thought? i did. we did, bob. we did. got it. >>> shares of toll brothers are rising beating estimates helped by a jump in signed contracts and a drop in cancellation rates. every metric in this report came out gangbusters and the ceo cited this upswing in momentum that began in the first quarter of th

, was it, was based onourportof2007, which said that the united states should maximize its oil and gas production, that it should significantly reduce consumption and improve conservation, which led to the direct support for the reinstitution of fuel efficiency standards, which has not been done for 20 years. and to develop to the extent it was liable a biofuel substitute for petroleum. this new report we are releasing today continues these themes with a couple of important caveat. the fantastic revolution that is taking place since our original report and are intermittent reports by the so- called fracking revolution for oil and gas. the significant improvement in national efficiency that has been brought about by technology and the new fuel efficiency standards that were enacted by the bush administration and were increased by the obama administration. the report is not political in any way shape or form. it endorses things that are supported by the right in some cases and that are supported by people on the left. you cannot just take the parts that you like. you have to take the hol

. the toll is at $10 and because i do not have some kind of sticker on my window, i had to pay a$2porttax,some ayatollahs told the dollars -- $2 poor tx , so my toll is $12 to go to new york. does trump pay $500? we are paying 60 or 70 cents per gallon, at the end of the year, that's a big percentage of our income. are the wealthy pay and the road tax? how about these people with electric cars. will they be paying taxes for the roads or will they drive for free? host: "the new york times" -- on the two offers so far. this is the obama's administration offer. every day here in "the new york times"of the two proposals a the fiscal cliff continues to dominate washington here today and this week. irandy in alabama, republicans. caller: i think both of the approaches here are ridiculous. we keep talking about reforming the taxes when it is so complicated that an average person cannot even do it. it's really time to stop reforming the idea of taxes with all these tax ideas. it all it's going to do is drive up inflation. every time we raise taxes, inflation goes up. we really need to go to some

with an accidentofportreportedat lucas valley road that could slow the ride and the northern iran can you could become a hot spot. the bay bridge in year westbound right here the backup is pretty steady, has not grown much. the commute for the west palm bay bridge ride and cemetery ridge a little slower. the golden gate bridge ride it looks good as you head south one-on-one from marin county down to the pay gates and the presidio parkway. >> watching wall street the fiscal cliff negotiations may not be going well with the housing market coming in strong. the dallas 45 and we are back over the 13,000 mark. home prices rose in october the most is seen in six years a 6.3% climb in house prices. >> a warning from the centers for disease control. this coming season flu season could be a particularly bad one. it is recommended if you've not got a flu shot you might consider it. dr. randyberge n says this strain of the flu will be a powerful one. everyone over the age of six should get a flu shot. the deal lets say that the flu shot will give them the food that is not true. >> the injected form of the

a downtown host for san francisco stateswell-knownporttreescenter. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that

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